Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Activity, Pain, Mood, and Sleep in Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine changes in physical activity, sleep, pain and mood in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic by leveraging an ongoing randomized clinical trial (RCT).

Methods

Participants enrolled in a 12-month parallel two-arm RCT (NCT03064139) interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic wore an activity monitor (Fitbit Charge 3) and filled out custom weekly surveys rating knee pain, mood, and sleep as part of the study. Data from 30 weeks of the parent study were used for this analysis. Daily step count and sleep duration were extracted from activity monitor data, and participants self-reported knee pain, positive mood, and negative mood via surveys. Metrics were averaged within each participant and then across all participants for pre-pand

SUBMITTER: Rose MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9918033 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature